Fairview 3Feb 2012

Thanks Darryl......I just wanted to be sure we didn't have a special case as My tote bets had not been refunded..........but they have now......thanks again!

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Fairview meeting postponed


The race meeting scheduled at Fairview today Friday 3 February has been postponed to Monday following more than 50mm of rain at Fairview on Thursday night and this morning.
A total of 33mm fell overnight and another 20mm had been recorded by the time the decision to postpone the meeting was taken this morning, when it was still raining.
It was decided to postpone Fairview instead of abandoning the fixture because the meeting scheduled at Flamingo Park in Kimberley on Monday is in jeopardy. There was 70mm of rain at Flamingo Park on Thursday night with more forecast over the weekend

hibernia Wrote:

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> PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
> SUBJECT: Fairview meeting postponed
>
>
> The race meeting scheduled at Fairview today
> Friday 3 February has been postponed to Monday
> following more than 50mm of rain at Fairview on
> Thursday night and this morning.
> A total of 33mm fell overnight and another 20mm
> had been recorded by the time the decision to
> postpone the meeting was taken this morning, when
> it was still raining.
> It was decided to postpone Fairview instead of
> abandoning the fixture because the meeting
> scheduled at Flamingo Park in Kimberley on Monday
> is in jeopardy. There was 70mm of rain at Flamingo
> Park on Thursday night with more forecast over the
> weekend


lets hope the track clears up because its still cloudy here and a bit of showers.. why don't they just move it to Arlington instead of Fairview..?

There are 2 main reasons they cant just move to Arlington....

1 The main, feature race of the day is a 1200m straight race. Arlington only has a 1000m straight. Arlington 1200m is around the bend which comes up very quickly so a good ,inside draw is critical. When rcing down the straight at Fairview an outside draw is good but around the Arlington bend this is the worst draw.

2 The horses all would have to be transported to Arlington and this can not be organized that quickly.

Sham Racing Wrote:

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> There are 2 main reasons they cant just move to
> Arlington....
>
> 1 The main, feature race of the day is a 1200m
> straight race. Arlington only has a 1000m
> straight. Arlington 1200m is around the bend which
> comes up very quickly so a good ,inside draw is
> critical. When rcing down the straight at Fairview
> an outside draw is good but around the Arlington
> bend this is the worst draw.
>
> 2 The horses all would have to be transported to
> Arlington and this can not be organized that
> quickly.

You should contact New Turf I hear they are different class

Yes, the horses will be at Arlington before they even realize they've left home...

Unfortunately we are no longer the transporters of "choice" otherwise there would of been vehicles here to do the change on Friday if necessary but thanks for the confidence......

What's the outlook for tomorrow, PE guys?

Weather looks ok.....so we should race.....

hotline Wrote:

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> Weather looks ok.....so we should race.....

Excellent, thanks.

It's still a bit cloudy but warm. No rain for the last few hours......